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FULL SCAN AND BITMAP INDEX SCAN!!

Nitin JoshiMar 30 2007 — edited Mar 30 2007
Hi all,
If i have a table with lots of record and a column having values 'MALE' and 'FEMALE' only. and i have to search with this coulmn in where clause.
so normal index on this column will be benificial or bitmap or no index.
is it true that a full table scan is considered over a normal index scan if a columns having lower cardinality values?
if it is so then why bitmap indexes are used b'coz they are also used for the columns with lower cardinality

Thanx in advance!!
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